» Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Economy
Put that conspicuous by its absence in that long list was the issue of the 10p tax rate, and asked if that was raised, the PMS replied that this did come up as part of the general discussion on the economy. There was unanimous support for the position taken by the Prime Minister yesterday, and […]
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Teachers’ Strike
Asked for the Prime Minister’s view on the teachers’ strike, the PMS replied that the Government’s view had been expressed by Jim Knight, that we were very disappointed by the expected strike this week, but that was obviously nothing compared to the disappointment of parents whose children’s lessons will be disrupted. It was very important, […]
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Global food costs
Asked if the summit on global food prices would just be a talking shop, or would there be something tangible coming out of it, the PMS replied that there was a wide range of people attending including the Head of the World Food Programme, as well as a number of experts in this area. Obviously […]
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Zimbabwe
Asked to give a flavour of Mark Malloch-Brown’s briefing to Cabinet on Zimbabwe, the PMS replied that it was a short update noting the very constructive UN Security Council meeting that took place last week where we there was good interventions from the UN Secretary-General and the Head of the African Union. He noted the […]
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St George’s day
Asked what the latest position was with regard to flags been flown above Government buildings with it being St George’s Day tomorrow, the PMS replied that a consultation was undertaken by Jack Straw and his department, so that was the best place to look for the latest position. Asked if the Prime Minister was planning […]
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Misc
Asked if the Prime Minister had sent a message to Joe Calzaghe, the PMS replied that he understood that the Prime Minister wrote to congratulate Joe Calzaghe on his victory. He said that the whole country was very proud of him. Put that there was a controversial film out at the moment that featured suicides […]
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» Monday, April 21, 2008
Tax
Asked for more information about the Government timetable and process for reviewing the impact of the scrapping the 10p tax rate, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) replied that there was nothing more that he could say on this at this point. Asked how the Government would characterise this change, the PMS replied that the Chancellor […]
Briefing took place at 16:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)
Global Campaign for Education
Asked if the phone conference the Prime Minister was having later today was part of his efforts around the Millennium Development Goals, the PMS replied that this was in relation to the Global Campaign for Education, and helping to meet the Millennium Development Goal relating to education for all. Put that the Prime Minister pledged […]
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Petrol
Asked if there was any concern over the threat to petrol supplies with the possibility of a strike, and had there been any difficulty with liaising with the Scottish Government over this, the PMS replied that John Hutton had been speaking about this in the House earlier today. Obviously this was a matter for the […]
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World food prices
Asked if the group of people the Prime Minister would be meeting this week regarding food prices would include the head of the World Food Programme, the Prime Minister’s Spokesman (PMS) said that the head of the World Food Programme was not on his list of attendees but that the meeting included some people from […]
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